Publications

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Accepted

  1. R. Chen, C.L. Nordheim-Maestas, and C.J. Briggs. Double-Edged Effects of Aquatic Environmental Biofilms on Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Growth and Inhibition. 2025. ISME Communications: 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/ismeco/ycaf185 PDF

  2. V. Saenz, A.Q. Byrne, M.E.B. Ohmer T.T. Hammond, L.A. Brannelly, K.A. Altman, M. Kosowsky, C.L. Nordheim-Maestas, E.B. Rosenblum and C.L. Richards-Zawacki. 2025. Landscape-scale drivers of spatial dynamics and genetic diversity in an emerging wildlife pathogen. Oecologia: 207(3). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-024-05642-8 PDF

  3. M.P. Heard, C.L. Nordheim, C. McKinley, Z.L. Zilz, V.A. Jones, B.A. Vincent, and E.M. Caves. 2023. Excluded Identity Retention in STEM: A Roadmap for Inclusive Undergraduate Research Symposia. Oceanography: 36(4). https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2024.116 PDF

  4. T.A. McMahon, C.L. Nordheim, S.E. Detmering, P.T.J. Johnson, J.R. Rohr, and D. Civitello. 2023. Pseudacris regilla metamorphs acquire resistance to a deadly pathogen after exposure to the killed fungus. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms: 155:193-198. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03753 PDF

  5. C.L. Nordheim, S.E. Detmering, D. Civitello, P.T.J. Johnson, J.R. Rohr, and T.A. McMahon. 2022. Metabolites from the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) reduce Bd load in Cuban treefrog tadpoles. Journal of Applied Ecology: 59, 2398–2403. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14242 PDF

  6. M. Wilber, M. Ohmer, K. Altman, L. Brannelly, V. Saenz-Calderon, E. LeSage, B. LaBumbard, N. McDonnell, Muñiz-Torres, C.L. Nordheim, F. Pfab, C.L. Richards-Zawacki, L.A Rollins-Smith, D. Wetzel, D. Woodhams, and C.J. Briggs. 2022. Once a reservoir, always a reservoir? Seasonality affects the pathogen maintenance potential of amphibian hosts. Ecology: 103(9): e3759 https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3759 PDF

  7. C.L. Nordheim, J.M. Grim, and T.A. McMahon. 2021. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) Exposure Damages Gill Tissue and Inhibits Crayfish Mass-Specific Metabolic Rate. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms: 146: 67–73. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03623 PDF

  8. T.A. McMahon, C.L. Nordheim, and D.M. Prokopiak. 2021. Freshwater Snails and the Green Algae Cladophora are Likely Not Hosts of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Freshwater Biology: 66: 582– 586. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13662 PDF

In Review

  • A. Poh, R. Perran, C. Venice, T.A. McMahon, C.L. Nordheim-Maestas, and L.A. Brannelly. Field survey of freshwater invertebrates reveals that several groups are potential carriers of the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. In Review in Ecology & Evolution.